Cape Cod Heroin Epidemic News

Below are the latest news articles mentioning heroin, fentanyl, Narcan, opioid or overdose from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent heroin related arrests, heroin or fentanyl overdoses, opioid addiction and the use of Narcan on Cape Cod.

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BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man arrested for drug possession while free on bail on similar charges was ordered held on $25,000 bail Wednesday.Joseph Fagone is charged in the latest case with possession to distribute cocaine, subsequent offense; possession of a class B substance, subsequent offense;…

A Florida man who thought he was stealing opioids wound up with laxatives instead, police say.Peter Hans Emery Jr., 69, was caught on surveillance video taking a handful of pills from a bottle he found inside a lockbox, according to Tampa TV station WTVT. The incident happened at a home in Pinellas Park.The…

WEST YARMOUTH — Two West Yarmouth women were arrested Monday after police found fentanyl and other drugs at their home at 2 Ivanhoe Ave., according to a statement from the Yarmouth Police Department.Meghan Coulstring, 35, and Deborah Selan, 53, will both be charged with trafficking fentanyl,…

I was deeply saddened upon reading the article on Jan. 9 about the South Dennis man sentenced in an overdose death.My son Josiah was an addict. He struggled with addiction for eight years. He put himself in rehab three times. I recall the many conversations as I attempted to comprehend his addiction.…

BOURNE — An investigation is underway into an attempt to smuggle drugs through inmate mail into the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, according to a statement from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office.Officers seized an undisclosed type of narcotics found in an envelope that appeared…

BOURNE — An investigation is underway into an attempt to smuggle drugs through inmate mail into the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, according to a statement from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office.Officers seized an undisclosed type of narcotics found in an envelope that…

BARNSTABLE — A 29-year-old man Falmouth man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Barnstable Superior Court to charges of trafficking in more than 10 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy to traffic fentanyl.Robert Alestra initially was charged with heroin trafficking in May and his bail was set at $100,000…

FALMOUTH – Friday evening an officer stopped a car for a traffic violation and witnessed the occupants hiding unknown objects. A search was conducted using a Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office canine and narcotics were seized. As a result, the 29-year-old female passenger was arrested for…